Cook your own fresh pork rinds for a real treat - pork rinds are delicious while still warm. Our pork rinds are a "Goodness Grows in North Carolina" product. If you have been eating cooked and bagged pork rinds from a convience or grocery store your pork rinds have probably spent 1/3 of their shelf life in the distribution system. Our microwave pork rinds have a 9 month shelf life and should not be refrigerated or frozen. In addtiion the traditional method of frying pork rinds adds significant fat to the product. Whether you microwave or bake them you are eating fresh pork rinds that have just been cooked and have 60% less fat than bagged puffed pork rinds. I personally like eating plain pork rinds and pouring a little hot sauce on each pork rind as I eat them. Microwave pork rinds also make an excellent zero carb "chip" for dips and salsa.

A healthier lower calorie snack with 65% Less Fat, 33% Less Sodium, 32 mg Less Cholesterol and 40 Less Calories per serving than traditional deep fried pork rinds.

How to Cook Pork Rinds

Microwave:

Our serving size is 1 ounce (about 1/4 cup or one small handful). Pour the pork rind pellets into an ordinary microwave safe paper plate. Consider your first batch to be a test batch. This is because microwave ovens cook at different rates. Start with a time of 3 minutes and be sure to watch them puff through the glass in the front panel of the microwave appliance. When the pellets puff, stop the microwave and note the time it took so that you can use that time for future batches. If the pellets don't puff up all the way (it is common for 2 to 3 pellets to not cook all the way), your microwave may not be powerful enough or it may not be producing the amount of heat you need. We use a 1000 watt microwave in our test kitchen and have found that a 750 watt microwave will not cook pork rinds correctly. They don't make any noise as they puff up and you want to make sure you allow about 30 seconds to cool before eating since they will be more crunchy. Store the pork rind pellets at room temperture since refrigeration may result in the pork rinds not cooking correctly.

How to Bake Microwave Pork Rinds:

Spread as many as you want to cook at one time on a cookie sheet. Preheat over to 450 degrees F. Place in oven and cook for 5 minutes, on the first batch pay close attention since this will be the time required to cook in your over. Once tey have puffed remove the pork rinds and allow to cool.

If you have problems give us a call or send us an email and we will be glad to help you with any problems you might have.

Nutrition:

Recommended serving size is 1/2 ounce of pork rinds or about 1 Cup when puffed. The following table compares microwave pork rinds to several other common snack foods. For consistency 1 oz. of each product was compared.

Table is based on a 1 ounce servings of various snacks

Nutrition

MicrowavePork Rinds

Potato Chips

Microwave Popcorn

Tortilla Chips

Dry Roasted Peanuts

Calories

120

153

163

134

164

Fat Calories

30

92

107

59

116

Total Fat

4g

10g

12g

7g

14g

Saturated Fat

0g

3g

2g

1g

2g

Trans Fat

0g

0g

0g

0g

0g

Cholesterol

10mg

0mg

0mg

0mg

0mg

Sodium

230mg

147mg

296mg

220mg

228mg

Total Carbohydrates

0g

14g

13g

18g

8g

Dietary Fiber

0g

1g

2g

1g

2g

Sugars

0g

0g

0g

0g

1g

Protein

17g

2g

2g

2g

7g

Fullness Factor

2.8

1.1

1.2

1.6

1.7

Glycemic Level

0

7

5

10

0

Microwave pork rind nutrition facts illustrate the value of the product as a healthier snack than many other snack products available in the market. As part of your search for a healthy snack food, compare the the microwave pork rind nutrition to your current snack foods and draw your own conclusion. One key factor that is seldom emphasized is the fullness factor of pork rinds. The impact of this factor is significant in the amount of other snack foods you will have to consume to match the fullness factor of 1 ounce of pork rinds. When you have to eat more of other snacks to reach that level of satisfaction you increase your calories, fats, carbohydrates and sodium.

Combine chicken, pork, onion, pork rinds**, egg, garlic, dill, Sassy dip, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Roll into to 1 inch meatballs (will make approximately 70 meatballs). Place meatballs on baking sheet and place in oven under broiler. Broil for approximately 8 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and add to marinara sauce. Serve over pasta or as a meatball sub.

Squealing Good Cookies (tastes like chocolate rice krispy treats)

Melt together chocolate chips and peanut butter over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in crushed pork rinds. Spread into a 9×13 pan and chill until hardened. Cut into squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. No one will ever guess that it's microwave pork rinds.

Ingredients in our pork rinds are just pork and salt. Salt is used in the rendering process and acts as a natural preservative. We do not add additional salt, MSG or other preservatives to microwave pork rinds.